Google Executive Declines to Say If China Censors Its Citizens
At a Senate hearing, the company’s chief privacy officer repeatedly said the status of Google’s censored search engine for China is “unclear.”
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Ted Cruz Is Running as a Populist. Here's His Little-Known History as a Corporate Lobbyist.
Between his two stints in public service, then-lobbyist Ted Cruz used his connections from government work to help Google and other corporate clients.
Amazon's Accent Recognition Technology Could Tell the Government Where You’re From
A new patent shows how Alexa could derive ethnic origin and emotion by analyzing speech. Experts think the government could come after the resulting data.
Google Suppresses Memo Revealing Plans to Closely Track Search Users in China
The company forced employees to delete the document, which stated that a Chinese partner would have “unilateral access” to user data.
Capitalism’s Consigliere: McKinsey’s Work for Insurance Companies, ICE, Drug Manufacturers, and Despots
Former health insurance executive Wendell Potter, reporter Ian MacDougall, and The Intercept’s Glenn Greenwald are this week’s guests.
United Nations Accidentally Exposed Passwords and Sensitive Information to the Whole Internet
A security researcher discovered private data lurking on 60 Trello boards belonging to the United Nations. Sensitive information was also found in public Google documents.
American Horrors: Regime Change in Iraq to the Rise of ISIS
For a deep dive on the rise of ISIS, scholar Amanda Rogers and reporter Mike Giglio are this week’s guests.
Google Struggles to Contain Employee Uproar Over China Censorship Plans
After The Intercept revealed Google's censored search engine for China, employees are “upset and scared” as executives restrict information, sources said.
Google Censorship Plan Is “Not Right” and “Stupid,” Says Former Google Head of Free Expression
Lokman Tsui said a planned censored search engine will put Google in a weak position and alienate employees.
Google China Prototype Links Searches to Phone Numbers
Google’s plan for a censored search engine in China also blacklists terms like “Nobel Prize” and “human rights.”